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Window Managers for X
Guide to window managers for the X Window System. Descriptions, screenshots and configuration files for all popular window managers, along with related resources, including a news and discussion area.
http://xwinman.org/
WindowLab
A small and simple window manager of novel design.
http://www.nickgravgaard.com/windowlab/
AfterStep Applets
Home of the distribution of applications for the AfterStep window manager.
http://www.tigr.net/afterstep/
pekwm
A good looking but lean windowmanager with support for dockapps, tabbed windows, automatic window manipulation, dynamic menus, key sequences.
http://pekwm.org/
Oroborus
A very minimalistic, but still fully configurable windowmanager.
http://www.oroborus.org/
Open Look Virtual Window Manager
Based on olwm. Allows large virtual desktops.
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/olvwm.html
amiwm
X window manager that tries to look and feel like Amiga Workbench.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html
wm2
Really minimal window manager
http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wm2/
The VTWM 5.4 Home Page
If you like a basic window manager that doesn't look like Windows crap, and need to have squeezed titles, but also want a virtual desktop and 3D effects, vTWM is what you want.
http://www.visi.com/~hawkeyd/vtwm.html
wmx
wmx is also a window manager. Home page quote : "wmx is a window manager for X. It's based on wm2, and it retains a similar look and feel, but it's intended to provide an experimental vehicle for features that fall comfortably outside the scope of the manifesto for the original wm2."
http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wmx/
3Dwm
A three-dimensional window manager.
http://www.3dwm.org/
Generic Window Manager manual
GWM is an X window manager you can program using LISP.
http://tronche.com/gui/x/gwm/doc.html
GNUstep.org
Official site of GNUstep: free implementation of NeXTStep/OpenStep specification.
http://www.gnustep.org/
Window Manager Icons Distribution
a project to provide an efficient configurable icon distribution
http://wm-icons.sourceforge.net/
Plactech
Programming & Sourcecode and help on C++
http://www.plactech.8k.com/
The Scheme Configurable (Constraints?) Window Manager
A highly configurable X Window manager written and configurable with Guile Scheme. An absolute must for any hardcore Schemer who uses X Window. Now at version 0.99.6.1 with Gnome support, a CORBA interface, a complex constraint system for pseudointelligent window placement and management, extremely flexible decoration configurability, and a GUI configuration interface for non-Scheme hackers, plus an assortment of decoration themes.
http://scwm.sourceforge.net/
LinuxPlanet Window Managers Page
Reviews of, and tutorials on, window managers under Linux, for beginners.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/subjects/432/
B4Step Window Manager
B4Step is a Window Manager running under X11R6 with a different way to manage window banners. It can use OpenGL routines for animations, is Gnome compliant and has also a sound support.
http://b4step.free.fr/
The Mlvwm + Kfm Site
How to create a mac-like desktop in linux.
http://dimensional.com/~ds55/
Official AfterStep Development site
Site dedicated to Development of the AfterStep Window Manager. Includes HTMLized sources, daily activity log, and TODOs.
http://afterstep.sourceforge.net/
Sapphire Window Manager
Sapphire is a window manager for X11. It is small and fast while providing enough features to allow a person to accomplish a variety of tasks with a minimal amount of complexity. Sapphire also features a small code base written entirely in C++, root menus, and window decorations.
http://sapphire.sourceforge.net/
aewm
A minimalistic X11 window manager.
http://www.red-bean.com/~decklin/aewm/
Fast Light Window Manager
Derived from wm2. Source code and binaries available.
http://flwm.sourceforge.net/
Pie Menu Window Manager
Minimal window manager that uses pie menus.
http://www.crynwr.com/piewm/
Small Window Manager
Minimal window manager intended for use with small screen sizes.
http://www.small-window-manager.de/
Blackbox
Light window manager, without all those annoying library dependencies.
http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/
mlvwm
Macintosh Like Virtual Window Manager.
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~y-miyata/mlvwm.html
Sawfish
An extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. All window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language. This is no layer on top of twm, but a wholly new architecture.
http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/
Ion
Text-editorish, keyboard friendly window manager.
http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/
PWM
Lightweight window manager for X11 that lets multiple client windows attach to the same frame.
http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/pwm/
Enlightenment window manager
Enlightenment (or "E") is a window manager for X, providing a useful, and good looking graphical shell in which to work.
http://www.enlightenment.org/
The Official AfterStep Site
NeXTStep-like windowmanager
http://www.afterstep.org/
Qvwm Home Page
A window manager qvwm provides a strong solution for a Windows 95/98 like environment on X Window System.
http://www.qvwm.org/index-en.html
FluxBox
A fast compact window manager based on the Blackbox, but offering more features.
http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/
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